First Freshner
Sassy is a very nice looking yearling. Would like to see a bit more dairy refinement in her kids. Sassy's dam, Magpie's areas for improvement are Fore Udder, Udder Height, Teat Diameter & Head. Sassy's sire, Little, has been my go-to buck for Fore-Udder Attachment improvement. Sassy's Dam, Magpie, received a FS85 (VEEG) 03-04 and E's in Rear Legs, Back & Rump. Sassy is out of our Mockingbird line which is our most accomplished show line. Mockingbird, Magpie's Dam, placed 17th Sr Yearling @ 2015 ADG Nationals.

Tickety Boo was our first AI kid. Tickety is polled & his other color pattern is either Buckskin or Black. He also may carry the Brown Gene. His dam, Lola appraised under code 99 in 2025 with E's in Front Legs, Rear Legs and Back. She received V's in Head, Shoulder Assembly and Feet. Lola's mammary system is the best in my herd. Hoping to get her fully appraised in the future. Tickey's sire, Agapes's Prize Goldie Cox. Tickey's Sires Dam, WOOD BRIDGE FARM 22K GOLD, is the 2021 ADGA National Champion.

This breeding also brings us full circle. Sassy's DD, Ah-Misk-Farms Dark Mockingbird & E K Farms Goldfinch, Tickety's DSD, were our two first goats. We bred Mockingbird once to Jacobim, Goldie's boy, but she kidded quad boys. This match also brings together the Wood Bridge lines in our herd. Mockingbird's SSS is Wood Bridge Farm Abe Zacuto. Hoping for a doe to retain.

LIVE COVER BREEDING

Kastor is a great solid goat, FS88 (VEEG) @ 05-02. She has E's in Rear Legs & Rump. She also has V's in Shoulder Assembly & Back. Kastor could use improvements in Fore Udder Attachment, Rear Udder Height, Head, Front Legs & Feet. Kastor does not have a "Show" udder, but she is awesome on the milk stand. Tonic is just beautiful. He just has the worst luck trying to get a full appraisal. Our appraiser in 2025 just could not get over how exceptional he is. In 2023 he was appraised under code 99. He received E's in Head, Back, Rump and a V in Rear Legs.

We have never bred Kastor to Tonic. Kastor & Tonic have similar strengths, so I have paired them with partners with complementary strengths in the past. I have been pairing Tonic to the wrong does in my herd and getting mixed results. I have a hunch this is going to be nice match. Neither was able to be appraised in 2025 due to tattoo issues. I was very disappointed, but it was entirely my fault for not double checking that their tattoos were not too faded. These are my top scoring Linear goats in the herd. Lola, Kastor's paternal sister, however, might just eclipse them both at her next appraisal.

Kastor was bred on Oct 15 to Lotus by AI. She short cycled and was live covered by Tonic at on October 21st. Kastor came back into heat on Nov 10th and was bred to Tonic. She did not short cycle after the 10th. Kastor has settled. This will likely be Kastor & Tonic's last hurrah. We are retiring both from breeding in 2026. Kastor is not settling on the first try anymore and Tonic's fertility has been slowly declining. We have plenty of Tonic straws in the tank to use in the future. Hoping for a doe to retain as Kastor's replacement. Kastor represents the materinal side of our Grinny Line. Her materinal brother, Sol's granddaughters were our two top performing First Freshners in 2025. It has been a surprise, how well our Grinny Line has done in our herd. Grinny was not what you'd you call a strong canidate for a founding line. Another lesson learned.

AI BREEDING
Stella Bella was our hightest scoring first freshner at our 2025 Linear Appraisal. We knew she was looking good for a yearling, but she exceeded our expectations. Stella will take several years to reach her full potential as she comes from a dam line that is slow to mature. It has been tougher than I thought it would be pairing her for 2026 kids. Her results indicate she could use improvement in Rear Udder Height & Rear Udder Arch. I am not overy concerned about any of these on Stella. Stella's dam scored a 34/34/34 Udder Trifecta as a two year old FF. Stella's maternal sister who is a two year old FF scored a 33 in RUA. I feel confident Stella will grow into those categories by her next appraisal.

We have chosen to breed her to a buck that has been in the tank from the begining, Caurso. Caurso's dam & sire are why we purchased 5 straws. Opera has five Linear Appraisals all 90 or 91! She has also recieved E's in Head, Shoulder Assembly, Rear Legs & Back. Cernunnos, his sire has been appraised twice once at 4 and then again at 5 yers old. He recived E's in Head, Rear Legs & Back. He aslo recieved a 40 in Rump. Caruso has 3 full sisters, all earning their Superior Genectics & wins in the show ring. Caurso's Type Eval indicates his daughters score well in Fore-Udder, Rear Udder Height & Rear Udder Arch. He is also known to pass on improved General Appearance to his kids. The icing on the cake is he is a stunning Cou Clair. Stella's other color pattern is Black, so Cou Clair kids are possible.

Stella was inseminated at 3pm on 11/26 and then again at 6pm on 11/27. On the 26th, straw made it all the way thru her cervix. on the 27th, the straw only made it past the first ring and there was a bit of blow back. As I recall Stella settled on her first try last year on her first breeding. Hoping we get some Caurso kids. She was also covered by Raphael at 8am on 11/28. Rapha has some nice Old Mountian Lines. We retained their doe, Thursday in 2025. This would be a repeat breeding. Trying not to do repeats, but Thursday just looks sooo good and she will likely be shown in 2026.

Live Cover
Stella & Rapha's kids have lots of nice Promistedland, Sugar Moon & Old Mountian lines. We retained their 2025 doe, Thursday. She is just beatutiful. She is long & leggy with a beautiful head. She is also quite flashy with her cream moonspots on her dark buckskin coat. This is a worthy repeat breeding. Rapha & Stella compliment each other very nicely. It was a hunch last year, this year I have the linear data to back it up. We might even keep another doe if we don't get a Stella x Caurso doe to retain.

Live Cover
Selene fooled me again into thinking she was pregnant. Maybe she was but the embroys did not implant or maybe we just didn't notice her coming back into heat. She will be live covered by our own Goldie Cox son, Ticktey Boo. Frustrating as this pushes her out to a due date of May 20th. Really to late to take any of her kids showing at Nationals & her kids will not have been weaned yet to take Selene. Oh well, these things happen.

This breeding is going to be exciting. Tickety is young so it is hard to know if we have achieved what I was hoping for when we bred him. We really like how he is coming along at 8 months olds. Nice looking little buckling. Tickety's Dam is our sweet Lola. Lola has the worst timing for Appraising but has absolutley the best udder in my herd. She just appraised under Code 99 and blew us away with her Structural Scores of E & V. She does have a weakness, and that is her Rump. She was bred to Cox to improve her Rump Width and possibly of add a bit of fore-udder refinement. Cox's Dam, Wood Bridge Farm 22K GOLD is the 2021 ADGA National Champion.

Selene is also young and immature but scored a FS83 (GGGG) in 2025 as a FF Yearling. She has just so much potential and has already eclipsed her dam. Selene's dam did not start to shine until four in her 3rd freshening. Selene is going to be one of those does just gets better with age. It is always tough when breeding immature, unproven younsters. For this match we own or have owned the following: Dam, Sire, DS, DD, SD, DDS, SDS, DDD, SDD, DDSD, SDSD, DDDS, DDDD & DDDDD. So feeling like we have a handle on this matches genetics. Gonna just have to trust the numbers & lineage behind this breeding.

This breeding combines the lines of two of my favorite does, who happen to be first cousins. They are also out of my top performing milk lines. Brewfm Laia & Brewfm Lola were bestie bottle babies. That sister bond continued till we sold Laia and her daughter Moon in 2024. These kids will have everything we breed for Temperment, Strong Maternal Instincts, Solid No Fuss Milking Does, Structural Correctnes & COI under 4%. We can't wait to meet these kids, it will be hard to let any of them go.